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Viola Davis is a black actress. His career Viola has already gone through series and films such as, "How to Get Away With Murder", "The Help"... In the Help, haves a picture of the brutality committed to blacks in the era of racial segregation, where it shows the historical burden of racism in our society and the great reflection needed by all of us
Germano Silvano

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Djonga is a Brazilian rap singer who portrays the reality of brutalities committed to blacks in the world, in his songs he recalls the history of blacks and the great historical prejudice still present in our society. The singer's songs are extremely important for a mirror of the black struggle and for a reflection of society in general on the racism still in force
Germano Silvano

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Chadwick Boseman was an American black actor, director and writer known for playing the superhero Black Panther and real life African American icons. Unfortunately, he passed away from colon cancer in 2020. However, he is still an inspiration for black kids. By watching him as the Black Panther, they feel like they can be whoever they want.

Mariana Kessler - 3B

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The Hate U Give is a book written by Angie Thomas about Starr, a black teenager who witnessed her childhood friend, Khalil, being killed by a police officer. While trying to get justice for Khalil, who was unarmed when he got shot, she is also figuring out where she fits between the poor, black neighborhood where she resides and the mostly white prep school she attends. This best-selling novel is a must-read, specially with the increasing number of cases of violence brutality against black people.

Mariana Kessler - 3B

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Hamilton Cardoso was a journalist and activist during the most authoritarian and violent years of the military regime in Brazil. In 1978, he was one of the main articulators of the Unified Black Movement, leading politicians, students, workers and intellectuals to engage in the fight against racism. Hamilton's vast, yet inaccessible, production includes books of which he is co-author such as “Social Movements in Democratic Transition”,, and “Ten Things on the Law of Work”, with Claudius Cecon . He committed in 1999. Hamilton's participation in politics is an exemple of how the black movement was present and important in the fight against the military dictatorship even though the this fight many times is remembered as a group of only white college students.

MAINÁ 3B

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Born in 1932 in south africa, Miriam Makeba was a singer and a political activist. Having a tough childhood being a black girl with a single mom during the hardest times of apartheid in south africa she soon had to stand up for her rights just as she soon had to work to help her mom. She was a domestic care giver until when she turned thirteen and won a singing contest. After that she started to sing in birthdays, weddings and concerts which all were separated between white and "colored" people because of the apartheid. Soon after this time she got a role on a anti-apartheid movie starting her political life. She won many prizes for her acting and one of them had to travel to festival in  Veneza. In this trip, when she tried to come back to her country she couldn't - South africa's government had banned her. With that situation in hands she moved to the United States where she become wordly famous and testified agaist the apartheid in the United Nations.

MAINÁ 3B

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This is a book written by Octavia E. Butler where we follow the protagonist Dana, a black woman who experiences slavery, racism and hate. She lives in the XXI century, where she is free and independent, but suddenly, she travels in time to the XIX century, where she experiences what her ancestors have been through at that time. Dana doesn’t know how she can travel in time, but that happens often, and when she least expects. Everytime she goes to the past, she gets more involved, and consequently, more in danger. This is a strong book that causes impact and shocks the readers, everybody should give it a try to learn more about the atrocities that happened in the past.

Agnes Tso Soares

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The movie “A Wrinkle in Time” is a Disney production that has a strong protagonist, which always feels different and suffers bullying at school because of her missing father. Her and her friends travel through the universe to find and save him. Having a black superhero in a kids movie is so important for all of them, it’s empowering that a black girl can be the most courageous one, and have the power to save everybody. Black kids NEED to have this representation more often, to follow their dreams and believe they can do anything they desire. And the movie also carries a message, that the girl is beautiful just the way she is, and no one can tell her wrong!

Agnes Tso Soares

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This netflix miniseries shows the strength, dedication and endurance of the first black woman to become a millionaire in the USA and to undertake in the business of black hair. Madame C.J Walker had a difficult life, but she never gave up on her dreams. He built a factory for afro hair products and became the greatest entrepreneur of the time. He is certainly a person to be inspired and learn several valuable lessons.

Clara Veras Guimarães-3B

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Benê Ricardo was a pioneer, a woman who broke barriers and who felt racism, machismo and class prejudice on her skin. She won the recipe contest for Revista Cláudia in 1978, when she was still a domestic worker. Then, she was invited to work in the magazine's experimental kitchen, and from there for several other jobs, from the industrial kitchen to family homes. His luck changed when he served a German dinner for distinguished guests, including the then military president Ernesto Geisel and the president of the Trade Federation, José Papa Jr., who were surprised by the quality of the meal and asked to meet cook E thus, Benê got a scholarship to take the 1st Cook course in 1981, at the age of 38, at Senac de Águas de São Pedro, being the only woman in the class and the first woman to graduate from the course. It had no place in student accommodation that was exclusively male. That's why she lived in a pension, where she cooked and cleaned on weekends, to guarantee the back room where she lived. She said: "There I felt a little prejudice mainly because I am a woman and a black woman".

Nathália Peres - 3A

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The book and film “The Help” is a best seller that shows the racism in the 1960s in the United States, Mississippi.  It shows the reality of the black maids and nannies of the children of white women.  In history, inequality and racism are clear, which prevents black women from many things.  It is a film in which everyone should watch and see how many things even after years are still happening today.

Clara Veras Guimarães-3B

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Infiltrate in the Klan

White supremacy, neo-Nazism and the Ku Klux Klan are terrible ideologies that are remembered in this film, and in the same way makes us laugh at certain scenes. We see how absurd and ridiculous the ideas of those groups of the time are. The film just reiterates the fact that there are no reasons or excess for such dimensions of ideas, we are in 2020, please.
João Pedro Rossoni - 3B

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Although racism is not addressed as explicitly as in “Run!”, (As it is the same director) “We” talks about social segregation, lack of opportunities and rebellion. Revelations throughout the plot promise a reflection on who, in fact, is the villain of the story. Revolutionizing the horror genre, Jordan Peele does not bet on monsters or extraterrestrials. He knows that the greatest villains can live within us and that is precisely one of the great insights of the film.

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“Americanah” is a novel written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a black author from Nigeria. The title of the book makes reference to an adjective used in her country for those who leave Nigeria and return with sketches and accents from the United States. The book addresses racial issues of immigration and acceptance of the own roots, for instance, experienced by the book's protagonist Ifemelu, presenting the difficulties faced by her when faced with prejudice about her skin color.
Rafaela Peres - 3A

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“Na minha pele” is a biography of the author and actor Lázaro Ramos, a very well known artist of Rede Globo and one of the main voices of the black movement in the national artistic class. In the book he tells his story and the obstacles and difficulties that he had to pass trough to become a popular and valued artist because of his skin color. However, the book isn’t exclusively about his life experiences, but also about race relations in Brazil in general. The author raises a lot of pertinent questions and reflections of the context of racism in Brazil and how black people are unaware of their own history, once many schools still ignore the importance of teaching a culture that isn’t the European or North American and tells an unique and prejudiced history about our country.
Rafaela Peres - 3A

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“Quem tem medo do feminismo negro” is a book written by Djamila Ribeiro and when I read it I could understand better the difference between the many feminisms that exists and its different claims. Black women have many more rights to fight for than me, a white woman, even though both of us are fighting against the patriarchy. That’s why it’s important to establish boundaries between these fights. On the other hand, Djamila explains through lots of articles that compose the book many aspects that black women need to deal in their life and that we probably haven’t analyse or problematize before reading it. I think it is a necessary read for men and women, black and white, to understand more about structural racism and how it goes through black women lives.
More information: https://youtu.be/y8-VycJeCTQ
Marina - T. 3B

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Born in April of 1970, Pedro Paulo Soares Pereira, as known as Mano Brown, is a Brazilian author and compositor. His songs in general became the base for other artists and his influence is huge. Mano Brown is a mark for the Brazilian rap and will be a legend for the Brazilian hip hop in the future.
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Born in December of 1960, Jean-Michel Basquiat became a reference of pop culture, with his works that usually came with a heavy criticism about political and social causes. He also was a reference in the anti-racist movement that still exists in EUA, since there’s still oppression against minorities. I believe that his relevance is huge because of his own geniality. His works many times aren’t just visual, and the proof is the way that the author presents his works. One example is the painting “the irony of the black policeman”, a title that shows what the work is about and shocks the viewer.
Vinicius/3b

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Formation is the single from Beyoncé's album Lemonade, released on February 6, 2016. On December 9 of the same year was posted his clip, which had several references about the racial struggle in the United States, which we can note not only in the clip but also in the lyrics of the song, choreography and costumes. Some of the subjects that the singer makes us reflect would be the black identity, police violence and devaluation of the American states with strong black influence, making reference to important figures such as Martin Luther King. This clip and music was not only a milestone in the history of pop, but also a milestone of resistance, representativeness and reaffirmation.

Maria Julia
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Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi's book "The Thing Around Your Neck" presents a compilation of short stories that chronicle various situations, transpassing on issues of social injustice, gender inequality, racism and prejudice against immigrants. I believe that this book is very important because it shows us the diverse between the Nigerian and American experience, but also for shocking the reader in how all social issues are linked to these individuals and having to be presented in the short stories even if they are not the focus.

Maria Júlia
3A

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Spike Lee is a black producer, director, screenwriter, actor and professor. Some of his most notable works are "Do the Right Thing", "Malcon X", "When the Levees Broke", "Inside Man", "He Got Game" and "Get on the Bus". He is known for his provocative approach to controversial subject matters, specially racism. In a lot of his movies we can see the sentence "Wake Up!" that means people have to wake up to social matters. He is a big name in the movies world and an even bigger name on the fight against racism.

Júlia Mombach - 3A

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James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.  In practically all the published lists of the best guitarists in history, he occupies the first place, and one of the most influential musicians of his era, in several
musical genres.  Jimi was a black guitarist who is considered the greatest guitarist in history by many important artists in the history of music.  However, Jimi died very early with the cause of death from overdose at the age of 27.

Guilherme Baroni 3B

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Django Unchained (2012)

The film discusses the life of an American slave Django , who his freedom was bought by a white man.  After being bought by a white bounty hunter, the two set out on a mission, going to slave farms with the intention of freeing as many blacks as possible.  He and the bounty hunter set out in the south of  United States, to hunt down the country's most wanted criminals and rescue his wife from the farm of a powerful man who forces his slaves to participate in competitions.  This period was very troubled in American history and Django represents the strength of the people who fought for blacks.  Located in the southern United States, the film is set in one of the most racist regions where the secession war took place. Starring by a black actor, this is a good film to observe how was the life of the slaves in the United States.

Lorenzo Rosa (3A)

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Will Smith - Famous Actor

Will Smith is one of the most known and famous actores in the world. He became famous for his work in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, a tv series starring him and his black family living in high society in Los Angeles. Despite being a humor series, it shows many cases of racism experienced by the characters of the family. Besides this work, he did a lot of famous movies, as “ I Am Legend”, “ Men in Black”, “ Bad Boys”, “ Independence Day” and another’s .

Lorenzo Rosa, 3A

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Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson was an American mathematician, physicist and space scientist, responsible for several contributions to space exploration. Johnson was a technical leader at NASA for decades, calculating trajectories, emergency returns and launch windows for various space missions, such as the '' Mercury Project '' program and the Apollo 11 flight to the Moon. She co-authored 26 scientific articles, and her legacy earned her several awards, in addition to being a model as a black pioneer in science and technology. Finally, Johnson is considered by the BBC one of the hundred most influential women in the World.

Álvaro - 3B

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Jerry Lawson - The creator of ''pause'' in Games

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Jerry Lawson - The creator of ''pause'' in Games

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Gerald Anderson "Jerry" Lawson was a US-born electronics engineer in New York, being one of the few African-American game industry engineers at the time. He gained prominence in the company for his talent, becoming chief engineer of the games division. During this period he invented the ''Fairchild Channel F'', the first programmable console in history, revolutionizing the video game industry. The console pioneered the use of cartridges and the option to pause the game. Thus, Lawson is recognized for his legacy as one of the greatest inventors in the gaming industry.

Álvaro - 3B

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The film introduces the audience to Miles Morales, the Black-Latino 14 year old boy who gets bit by a radioactive spider. Throughout the movie, we can see his relationship with his parents, his uncle and himself, since he needs to learn his value as a “new born” hero. Miles was the second black superhero to show up on the big screen, after Black Panther. Even though Into the Spider-verse is an animation movie, it has a huge impact on society, especially on black kids who like spider-man and other heroes, because in that way, they can feel included and see people who actually represent them. The film won Best Animation Picture at the Oscars in 2019.

Laura Canavezi  3A

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Chuck Berry was in october 18^th, 1926. Considered by many as the "father of rock 'n' roll," since he was a child, Berry had always been conected with the wolrd of music. His career as a musician started in the 1950s and among his life he composed many astonishing songs such as "Johnny B. Goode", "My Ding-a-Ling", "Roll over beethoven", and others. With his clever lyrics, amazing style and performances, Berry became one of the most influential figures in the history of rock music.

Lucas Godim 3B

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Srinivasa Ramanujan - The man who saw infinity

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Srinivasa Ramanujan - The man who saw infinity

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Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician born in Erode, India, on December 22^nd, 1887. Raised in a humble family, the missing resources to study was a tough reality for him. Throughout his life, Ramanujan had showed his genius in different ways, both in methods for solving problems and in learning skills. He made important contributions in the areas of mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, continued fractions, Combinatorics among others.

Lucas Godim 3B

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"Awaken, My Love!" and the black funk music of the 70s

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Donald Glover is the mind behind the big album awaken my love, and soo many things, he was a writer in 30 rock, one off the protagonists of community and the creator of Atlanta.Donald Glover created awaken my love with Ludwig Göransson, the creator of the black panther soundtrack, the album has a unique voice and vibe, however the big hit is Redbone,inspiring in the black funk  psychedelic of the 70s, like Funkadelic and  Bootsy, Childish  Gambino the alter ego of Donald bring back the black funk music , with a unique voice in the song and such a groove beat, with a sexual scary felling, the song become timeless.

Lucas Machado
Turma: 3B

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Coach Carter's film is a film based on real history.  It was directed by black director Thomas Carter.  The coach's role was played by actor Samuel Jackson.  The film depicts the story of a man who was asked to coach a basketball team at a public school in a poor neighborhood in the city of Richmond, a neighborhood frequented mainly by blacks.  Soon the athletes on the team surprised the coach, as Coach Carter only let the athletes train if they attended all classes and had high marks.  The coach imposed this with the objective that I boys would study to be able to attend some university in the future.  This film shows the reality of many poor young people, who often do not study because they think they will never attend a quality university.

Guilherme Baroni 3B

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Atlanta is an America comedy-drama tv series, created and stared by Donald Glover. The serie is about two cousins that dream to be successful with an career in rap music, showing all the difficulties that they have to pass to get in the Atlanta rap scene. The show won two Golden Globe awards and two Emmys, and has been renewed for an 3 and 4 season that will premier in 2021.
Arthur Moraes 3B

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Childish Gambino is the artistic name from Donald Glover, he is an American rapper, writer, dancer, actor and director. In his musical career he has launched 4 premiered albums, with very popular songs like “ Redbone”, “This is a America” who has an very important videoclip that  circle around the world and won a lot of awards. In march of 2020, Donald released his latest album that mixture the soul and funk of the 70s with the today trap music.
Arthur Moraes 3B

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An American Artist

Bryson Tiller is a 26 year old American Rapper. He has very famous sons sush as  “Exchange”, “Don’t” and “Wild Thoughts”. He doesn’t like to appear in public, but he is very talented and everyone knows it. He has famous albums on digital midia (spotify and youtube) and he is also very stylish. He is a good reference for me.

Fabio santos 3B

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The best artist in Brazil

Gustavo Pereira Marques is a 26 year old Brazilian rapper and one of the bests artists in the country. He is different because his ways of expressing himself are unique. On his music he talks about his life and racism, witch is very common in Brazil. His job is very important because he can inspire young people to do the right thing in life, just like he did. Besides, he talks about social issues in an interactive form. He is one of my references in life.
Fabio Santos 3B

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Is a landmark musical from de Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker. In the beginning of the 20s, Celie is rapped by her own father at the age of 14. Throughout the songs (and years) we see the character’s pain, discoveries and
journey to love and triumph in the American South.

Fernanda Miranda - 3B

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Pat McGrath is a British make-up artist and owner of the make-up brand Pat McGrath Labs. She is the most influrntial make-up artist in the world by Vogue. In 2019 she was included in Time's 100 most influential people list. Her looks are master pieces and her brand has one of the most incredible make-up products on the market and are very inclusive for having shades to all colors os skin. She is iconic

Isabela 3A

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Is a broadway musical that follows the journey of a young afro-american singing trio called The Dreams. A lot of famous songs are in the musicals numbers, for example “Listen” or “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going”. The show made the broadway debut in 1981, later to become a film in 2006 starring Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce and Anika Nono Rose.

Fernanda Miranda - 3B

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Shonda Lynn Rhimes, better known as Shonda Rhimes, it’s a black american screenwriter, filmmaker and television producer. She is known for producing the medical drama show Greys Anatomy; the two spin-off Private Practice and Station 19; the two thriller shows Scandal and How to get away with murder; and the romantics movies The Princess Diary 1 and 2. Rhimes, while at home caring for his newborn baby, decided to make a pilot because he took pleasure in seeing medical programs and surgeries. She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Series (2007) with the series; And she inspired in the personality one of the characters 'Miranda Bailey' actually in her mother. Despite being this great creator, in social media she talks about wanting to be a role model for other women. And how woman must fight for the rights for all those who do not have the same privileges or power. That's why, particular, I think she is an amazing exemple to mirror and inspire.

Juliana 3B

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Pharrell Williams is an american singer and producer. He was born in the city of Virginia Beach in the year of 1973. Williams's career started in 1990 when his highschool band was discovered by Teddy Riley, owner of one studio near the school. During his career Pharrel produced a lot os singles such as Sing (the music that brought Ed Sheeran to the spotlight), Happy, Get Like Me, Brand New, Come Get It Bae, Runaway, and many others. Pharrell Williams is the definition of artist. He is talented and knows a lot of music.

Isabela Nadler 3A

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Donald McKinley Glover, better known as Childish Gambion's, it´s a black actor; american screenwriter, comedian, musician and rapper. He became well known after the release of his song 'This is American' which addresses in various ways judgments and tribulations of being black in America. In short, the video depicts scenes with gun violence and mass shootings in the U.S.A. that are camouflaged by dance/entertainment black culture. From this 'discretion', the video simply causes the viewer to end up focusing their attention on the interteration, instead of the terrible events behind the scenes. Particularly,  I think this song is an important element nowadays, because it expresses numerous issues that a black person unfortunately still needs to deal with, which, whether or not it makes us visualize and question the current reality.

Juliana 3B

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Cynthia Erivo is an amazing singer, composer and actress. Her first on screen work was in the show “Chewing Gum” in 2015 and the first movie she was part of was “Widows” in 2018. When she was in the UK, she did a small production of the musical “The Color Purple” and because of that, she was invited to do the same play on Broadway. This opportunity changed her life and with this role she won an Emmy Award, a Tony Award and a Grammy Award.

Her latest work was in the movie “Harriet” with the roll of Harriet Tubman, a woman that escaped slavery  and helped hundreds of slaves to escape from the southern United States during the American Civil War in 1849. Cynthia wrote a powerful song for the movie about doing anything and everything to save your people. Her song was nominated for an Oscar and she was also nominated in the category “best actress” on the Oscars and in other awards.

Her performance in the Oscars with the song “Stand up” from Harriet: https://youtu.be/g3HICKj-4Zs
Paula(19)- 3A

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John was born July 28, 1984 he is an actor and a former football running back. Back at his youth he played football at Morehouse College and later in 2006 signed with the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent, and for 4 years played as a professional running back for the United Football League's Sacramento Mountain Lions. After that john start following it´s parents’ same choices and decide to shift career and become an actor, his first role was in 2015 in the HBO drama series 🤬, later on he plays a main role in BlacKkKlansman. The film was a commercial success, earning Washington both Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award. Nowadays he is going to play the main role in tenet.
-João Victor M. R. 3B

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Directed by Barry Jenkins, the film presents the struggles of a black gay boy, Chiron, who faces physical and emotional abuse, during childhood, adolescence and early adult life. During his youth, Chiron meets Juan, a drugdealer, who educates him about life. It’s safe to say the movie is an emotional roller coaster and brings up very sensitive topics such as drug abuse, prostitution and homophobia. Besides that, it makes you think a lot about the presented scenarios and the way you see certain things. Moonlight was the first movie with an all-black cast to win Best Picture at the Oscars.

Laura Canavezi   3A

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Gerald Lawson was an electric engineer that created the first programmable console in history. Gerald's love for electronic stuff hasn't came up from nowhere, since young, inspired by other black man known as George Washington Carver, he showed his love for electronic things, such as televisions. Lately, after being graduated, Lawson created the first programmable console, introducing new technologies like the pause button and the flashcards. According to some of his relates, many profession colleagues got surprised by the fact that a man of his color invented something like that, something that started the road of all videogames.
- Gabriel 🤬, 3B

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Miraildes Maciel Mota, better known as Formiga, was born in Salvador, is a midfielder of the Brazilian team and currently an athlete at PSG in France. Including men and women, she is the only person to have participated, as an athlete, in seven World Cups. In addition she was twice runner-up Olympic and once runner-up in world football. In an interview with the Black News Portal, she talked about the prejudices she suffered for being black, “nordestina” (from the northeast) and a woman. She also talked about the lack of representation of black people in football, as coaches, and mainly of black women.

Bruna Brayer, 3B

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The last black man in San Francisco it’s beautiful story about a black man obsess with a ideia off reclaim his grandfather house.The story it’s a part autobiography , where Jimmie Fails the lead actor  interpret a version of him self.The movie shows the young man trying to find a home but the city keeps changing, and  the reality of Jimmie  and like many other lives trying to fight for your land.Its a beautiful and independent movie, with a unique photography and style, showing a beautiful city and  friendship.
Lucas Machado
Turma: 3B

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This film made by author Stephen King and director Frank Darabont was inspired by a real case. This case was about the youngest person sentenced to death in the United States. His name was George Stinney Jr, a 14-year-old black boy. He was executed in an electric chair, with an electric shock of 5380 volts in his head. He was accused of killing two white girls, one who was 7 and the other 11 years old. All the members of the jury in which he was tried were white, the trial lasted 2 hours and he was sentenced 10 minutes later. This story served as an inspiration for the film "The Green Mile". In 2014 his innocence was proven, 70 years after his death.

Bruna Brayer, 3B

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Wakanda Streamers is a iniciative from the player Tales “TalixXGamer” Porphírio that supports black streamers. This project was created because great part of the streamers and pro players are white, and Tales saw the lack of representativity and space that where in the esports's scenario. The project  unite lots of black streamers and share their works trough social medias with the support of other withe streamers that have already created a solid fanbase. This sharing ends up by showing to the black public that there are others similar to them that achieved some success, and that encourage more black people to get into the esports, working like a snowball, because more black streamers mean more hope to young black people, and this hope can transform this young people into future streamers, and so the cycle starts again.
-Gabriel 🤬, 3B

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“I am surely convinced that this world can be a better place” 

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Turma: 3B

Esther Nakajjigo was an African woman who from an early age questioned the absurd sexualization of black women.  She was able to change the lives of thousands of women through her hard work for women's health, which made her one of the most influential young leaders in the world for the European Union.  But, unfortunately, she died on American territory on June 16 of that year.  Since then, her family has been fighting in court to get Esther's body to Uganda to perform her funeral with all her rights.  This movement is becoming so difficult that the hashtag #EssieBackHome is being raised on social networks to help the family.  It was undoubtedly an essential leader in guaranteeing the rights of black women.

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“In this democracy the white minority governs” 

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“In this democracy the white minority governs” 

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Nome: Laura Kober
Turma: 3B

considered a national hero, abdias Nascimento, worked with the self-esteem of ex-slaves who still dealt with repression even after 50 years of the abolition of slavery. His books, works, paintings and biographies served as a safe space for black people to be welcomed and deal with their marginalization.  Last year, in June, I had the opportunity to visit the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Niterói, where there was an exhibition about it, with works and reinterpretations.  The photo attached below was the one I took, and it was an incredible opportunity to learn more about him and be impacted on his trajectory.

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The best Beyoncé impersonator in the world 

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Miss Shalae, also known as Michell’e, is the first Beyoncé Tribute Artist (impersonator) in the world. She has been doing this since 2014, at first she was just doing drag performances but once she transitioned (she’s a trans woman) Michell’e started to be booked just to perform Beyoncé and that’s become her job. She performs at the pride parade, clubs and events.  This year she did a performance in the black lives matter protest organized by the group BLAC (Black LGBTQ+ Activist for Change).

Miss Shalae loves to impersonate Beyoncé because she is a powerful and independent black woman and an inspiration. Overall, the details are very important, the hair, makeup, costumes have to be perfect and especially the dance moves. Her family supports her but at the beginning her father wasn’t supportive, but now that she’s the best Beyoncé impersonator in the world he understands that it is really important to her and it is a real job.

Performance:https://youtu.be/08DW6UvIyjA
Paula (19) - 3A

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Tinashe - and the representativeness in the dance 

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Tinashe - and the representativeness in the dance 

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Tinashe is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, and actress. Start her career with 3 years old, in entertainment. She act in a lot of movies, and participate of a serie in Cartoon Network. Between 2007 and 2011, Tinashe was a member of the girl group the Stunners. Following their disbandment, she released the positively-reviewed self-recorded mixtapes In Case We Die (2012) and Reverie (2012). Following their success, Tinashe signed with RCA Records and released her third mixtape, Black Water (2013). Her debut single, "2 On", reached number one on the Rhythmic airplay chart, and peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100. Now she is focus in her musical and dance career, all money raised from his latest album was donated to the movement Black Lives Matter. She use her twitter and Instagram to give visibility to social causes, you can know her work better in her YouTube Chanel. https://www.youtube.com/user/tinashenow

Bianca Roggia - (3B)

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Sourjouner truth was an advocate for abolition, and I’ll dare to say one of the first women to point out the differences between the prejudice against black and white women. Her history is unbelievable she was born a slave, bought and sold so many times and a worker since she was an infant. However, she was able to free herself from slavery and turned her life mission into freeing others. In 1851, at a women’s right conference in Akron, Ohio, she delivered what became one of the most popular speeches in the feminist world, which inspired many other feminist writers such as Bell Hooks. In her speech named “Ain’t I a women?” she starts a needed discussion: whilst white women where protesting to work in the public sphere, black women were working for over centuries for whites families. She defiance the feminst movement and urges for recognition. The following part is an emblematic peace of her speech:

“That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman?”

To watch a performance of the delivered speech in 1851 by the actress Nkechi, visit https://youtu.be/eUdxsQ0Qsrc also to understand more about her personal story, visit https://youtu.be/0sn8CUyvG2k

Rachel, 3B

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The slave period and its impacts nowadays

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The slave period and its impacts nowadays

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Angela Davis is an American philosopher that was part of Black Panthers. In the book Woman, Race & Class she analyses the black feminism and abolitionist struggle by showing the colonialism impacts in North America and how they are still present nowadays. Davis talks about the slave period in America and she describes how men and women were treated equally, both had to do heavy works and were subjected to violence. In this context, these women started to write and read, even clandestinely, to express themselves and as a form of resistance. Davis uses this argument to show that the ideology of biological inferiority of the black population in relation to the white population is totally fake. Thus, the black feminism associate genre, race and class and this association is extremely important to the fight against racism and against Eurocentric standards.
Marina - 3B

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The famous injustice of the Central Park Five

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The famous injustice of the Central Park Five

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"When They See Us" is a crime minisseries created and directed by Ava DuVernay. It is based on true facts, telling the story about the famous injustice of the Central Park Five. In 1989, a woman was spanked and raped in new york, while she was jogging in central park. Five black young boys were accused and sentenced for the crime, even though the police had no evidence about it. Four of them spent 7 years in jail, and Korey, the oldest, spent 13 years. It shows systemic racism in a very detailed and shocking way.
The film has a major role when we talk about racism. This show tells a story that happened more than 30 years ago, and it’s sadly still happening everyday in US and all over the world. The police brutality is all over tv everyday, and in the high majority of the cases impacts directly the black people, which is clearly related to slavery and in how the government has its own unbreakable racist system. The minisseries shows very closely the way they (dis)treat, incriminate, beat and disrespect black people, black children. The recent George Floyd case, murdered in cold blood by cops in Minneapolis, is just one example of the situations pictured in “When they see Us”, and this shows how important and powerful is for us to watch more series and movies about systemic racism and support black people’s voice.

Mateus Peres
3A

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Racism in a completely terrifying and shocking way

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Racism in a completely terrifying and shocking way

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Get Out is a film made by Jordan Peele, a black director that always brings up the racial theme in his works. The film is about a interracial couple, Chris, an African american man and Rose, a white girl with a super traditional family. During a holiday, Rose takes Chris to meet her parents in a distant little town. When they get there, things start peacefully but it soon gets really frightening e scary, with a lot of plot twists and shocking racism.
The movie “Get Out!” is extremely important, as it brings the story of a super racist society in the United States in a way that intrigues the public, cause even it has a lot of comic scenes, it’s still considered a horror movie. it has several characteristics that belong to the horror and comedy genre at the same time. It starts with happy and calm scenes, and it gets more and more frightening by bringing racism in a completely terrifying and shocking way, making a direct relation with slavery, kidnapping and black people traffick. Even though the story has been made nowadays, it makes us reflect about a time when the scenes present in it would be considered acceptable or even correct, which unfortunately still happens today in so many different countries in the world. This movie is a way to entertain, inform and aware people about very important racial issues, and it also to praise the black art, the brilliant script of one of the best directors nowadays.

Mateus Peres
3A

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When They See Us is a Netflix miniseries based on a true story. It talks about the Central Park jogger case that happened in 1989 and shows the lives of the five boys that were accused of being guilty for it. Kevin, Antron, Yusef, Raymond and Korey, aging from 14 to 16, had an really unfair trial, in which the evidences on their favor were hidden to incriminate them faster and easier. The only thing the police had that could condemn the kids were some videos of them confessing that they were responsible for the crime. The problem with this evidence was that the boys were forced to say those things after more than 24 hours without food, sleep and no contact with their families. After 14 years, the real rapist confessed the crime because he was caught doing the same thing with another woman. The 5 boys had the charges dropped but they lost almost 15 years of their lives for something they didn't do. Korey, the oldest, had to stay in jail for all those years, while the others had to stay around 4 years arrested, and after, had to face a lot of prejudice for being 🤬 offenders. This miniseries talks a lot about racism in the justice department cause this 5 black kids were falsely accused and didn't have the proper chance to defend themselves.

Júlia Mombach - 3A

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Maria Firmina dos Reis: the first Brazilian black female novelist 

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Maria Firmina dos Reis: the first Brazilian black female novelist 

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Maria Firmina dos Reis was a black female writer and teacher from the 1800’s. Her first book released was Úrsula, in 1859 and the plot is about the history of three black people situated in the slavery. She is a reference when we talk about abolitionist romance novel in literature, even if she released this book with the pseudonym “Uma Maranhense”, for obvious reasons. Maria Firmina and her books are very important for the brazilian literature and culture, mostly because she wrote about something that was a taboo to talk back then. Bringing her job to nowadays is more than necessary when we talk about racial prejudice and feminine oppression, particularly when they are intersected.

Beatriz
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Lizzo: from the underground hip hop to the world

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Lizzo: from the underground hip hop to the world

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Melissa Vivianne Jefferson, also known as Lizzo, is a black female singer that became very famous for her pop music and dance talents. Most of her songs talk about self love, empowering women and body positivity. Her most known songs are “Good as Hell”, “Truth Hurts” and “Juice”, that were released in 2019. In social media, she talks a lot about  loving and accepting yourself, besides the racial topics. You can check her songs on Spotify or YouTube!

Beatriz
3B

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Charlie Parker - the greatest saxophonist 

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Charlie Parker - the greatest saxophonist 

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Charlie Parker was born in 1920 in Kansas City and died in 1955 in New York. Parker had a difficult life before becoming a great musician. He was a jazz saxophonist and composer. He became a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, complex technique, and advanced harmonies. Until this days he is considered the best soloist and improviser in jazz from all times.

Arthur Kunzler - 3A

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Paris is Burning is a documentary about the reality of the black and queer comunity in the USA. The main focus of the movie is the extreme violence, coming from the police, to that comunity. It talks about how this group was marginalized and forced to hide in alleys and hideouts, to be safe from being hurt. It also shows how that repression made both the queer and black comunity unite and forms such unique ballroom culture. The documentary, besides being very good, is very deep, in a sense that extreme violence and drug abuse is shown. The film is avaible in Netflix, I recomend it to everyone, because it is very usefull to be educated in such delicate topics.
Eduardo Fonteles, 3B

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Jack Dejohnette - an important jazz drummer

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Jack Dejohnette - an important jazz drummer

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Jack Dejohnette is one of the most influential jazz drummer on the past decades. He changed the modern way of playing and improvising jazz themes. He is also a great pianist and composer.

Arthur Kunzler - 3A

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Dear White People is a serie producted by Netflix, based of an older movie, with the same name. The story takes place in a american university, where black students are dismissed and underapreciated. The main character is a black girl named Sam, she studies jornalism and runs a radio show, where she exposes and talks about racism in the university. Besides the emancipation of the Black Power Movement the series also talks about sexual harassment and Homofobia in the comunity. Everyone should whatch this show because, beside talking about important topics, the cast is very good and able to make you feel conected with each individual charachter.
Eduardo Fonteles, 3B

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Michelle Obama: much more than just the former first lady os US.

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Michelle Obama: much more than just the former first lady os US.

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She is a lawyer. She is a student. She is a writer. She is the former first lady of US. She is a balck woman. She is a mother. She works for black people in US. Since the Obama family moved away from the White House, thousand of facts have changed. Michelle Obama wrote a book, opened a foudantion, released a documentary about his book. With no doubt, her steps inspires woman around the world. In her last book, Becoming, she writes about her history from the Southside of Chicago to Harvard , Pirnceton and the White House. A great history for everyone.
Fernanda Simoneto, 3B

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Emicida is one of the most brilliant singers in Brasil. He writes raps and is really famou
s nowadays. In his songs he talks about all the questions of black people existence. The most intelligent factor about his productions is how he mixes history, geography, different cultures, languages and also people in just one song. As well, he writes books for kids with black charcaters. I should indicate everything he does, but mainly his last album "AmarElo".
Fernanda Simoneto, 3B

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Oprah Winfrey is a black woman of great influence in contemporary times. Her story of overcoming inspires me a lot and her talent for locution and entrepreneurship led her to idealize the famous television program: The Oprah Winfrey Show. In addition to presenter and actress, Oprah represents the female power. She owns one of the most remarkable speeches I have listened in my entire life during the Golden Globes 2018. In the speech she speaks about the impacts of some existence acts and the feminist battles in general cause in girls all over the world, praising the movement Time’s Up. For sure, her words gave more strength for girls and women fight for their rights stopping all the abuses and injustices.

More about Oprah - https://www.geledes.org.br/oprah-winfrey-fala-sobre-superacao-e-empoderamento/

Maria Eduarda - 3B

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Black Panther is a marvel cinematographic production released in 2018. It continues the narrative of other marvel productions, bringing up the origin of the african superhero. The movie is directed by Ryan Coogler, a black american film director, producer, and screenwriter, and has a perfect main cast with black men and women including Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan and Danai Gurira. What is so interesting in Black Panther is the enhancement of african cultural elements besides the evident ethnic diversity present on the continent, interconnected with technological advancement and developmental mentality of the fictional country of Wakanda. For this reason, it helps to deconstruct the idea of Africa as an identity unit. Furthermore, we have amazing scenes that shows some female empowerment. To conclude, the movie has a great clip which mentions the period where africans chose to died instead of being taken out from their land to be enslaved.

For more information about the movie and the diretor visit:

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/ryan-coogler-why-i-needed-to-make-black-panther-203737/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjDjIWPwcPU
Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYWKmcJWz58
Maria Eduarda - 3B

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Dear White People is a serie producted by Netflix, based of an older movie, with the same name. The story takes place in a american university, where black students are dismissed and underapreciated. The main character is a black girl named Sam, she studies jornalism and runs a radio show, where she exposes and talks about racism in the university. Besides the emancipation of the Black Power Movement the series also talks about sexual harassment and Homofobia in the comunity. Everyone should whatch this show because, beside talking about important topics, the cast is very good and able to make you feel conected with each individual charachter.

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William James Adams Jr.(a.k.a will.i.am) is a 45 year old rapper, author, musician and DJ, his most famous role is as one of the main singers of the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas. The group is known for their high quality songs, with catchy rhythms and meaningful lyrics. For instance, the song “Where is the love?”(produced by William along with Ron Fair) has quite a simple message that is delivered with wonderfully composed beat and vocals that give life to the song.

-Lucas M. Cunha, 3B

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Michaela Coel is the director, writer and protagonist from the sitcom “Chewing Gum”. Her TV show is pure comedy, but still talks about racism, religion, family problems and sexuality. Besides that, Michaela also writes poems and is a singer. Honestly, what else can this perfect woman do?

Helena Krüger - 3B

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“I don't know if it was fireworks or gunshots, but the birds is in the air”

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“I don't know if it was fireworks or gunshots, but the birds is in the air”

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Giveon is a black singer that recently made an album full of amazing songs. When he is not singing about love, he talks about the violence of the edge of town. His best song (in my opinion), “The Beach”, brings the fear that black mothers have for their sons. It is a hard critic for the violence in the United States, where black people can die in the hands of cops for no reason.

“Hit me up and let me know you're safe and be safe

Why I always gotta call you a million times

'Fore you call me back, son?”

Helena Krüger - 3B

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The most famous Brazilian author was “whitened” because of racism. 

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The most famous Brazilian author was “whitened” because of racism. 

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As we all know Machado de Assis is considered the most famous and the biggest Brazilian author but what most people don’t know is that Machado is a black writer that suffered with racism (and he wrote about it too). What happened was that in the XIX century having a black author was not accepted because of the racism in the society. So in his books Machado’s pictures were changed in a way that he was “whitened” because in the vision of the time his books would sell much more.

Until a few years ago most people believed that Machado was a white man. That changed when a College in Zumbi dos Palmares was able to reconstruct his truth facial features and show the world that Machado was black.

In my opinion this reconstruction that this College made showed us how racist the Brazilian society was and still is. Because even now people believe that this reconstruction is a lie and don’t believe that a black person in the 19th centuries made these beautiful books.

Salua 3A

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Ink master and the racism expressed in it with Anthony Michaels.

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Ink master and the racism expressed in it with Anthony Michaels.

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The season seven competitor of Ink Master Anthony Michaels talked about how he suffered racism as a new and young tattoo artist. He talked about it in one episode of the show saying “When I was wanting to get an apprenticeship to learn how to tattoo, I was told that the color of my skin was gonna hinder my chances”, he also said that being a minority gave him even more strength to continue. This showed us how people still define that talent is related with the person’s skin color and not how they really work and how talented they are.

Salua 3A

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Jordan Peele was born on February 21, 1979. He is an actor, writer and producer and is known about your horror productions. In addition to, he wrote and directed “Get Out!”, that won the Oscar. This movie mixed racism with horror, showing us that a simple weekend of a black man with the parents of his white girlfriend can has a lot of problems. Of course, with some fiction, Jordan Peele put structural racism in a subtle way with small details that show the daily lives of black people. In spite of Get Out was released as a horror movie, Jordan Peele considers the movie like a “social thriller”, that the society is the big villain. Thus, know about Jordan Peele’s production and watch Get Out is a way of valuing black artists and understanding a little more about racism from the perspective of those who suffer it.

Mariana - 3A

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This movie is based on the true story of the neurosurgeon Ben Carson. In that context, it’s a pretty good movie because it shows the Ben Carson’s trajectory until he was a renowned neurosurgeon, with all his difficulties for being a black man. Furthermore, this movie shows to us the racism in medicine and society, highlighting Ben Carson’s talented, in order to show that the color skin is not a way to prove the capacity of someone. Therefore, this is a good movie to think about racism and overcoming, because the story of Ben Carson shows this to us.

Mariana - 3A

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An approachable book to start walking through the Intersectionality Road 

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An approachable book to start walking through the Intersectionality Road 

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The first time I read Bell Hooks was in the end of 2018. For those who doesn’t know her she’s one of the most relevant feminist theorist, writer, cultural and social critic of all times. This book, specifically, was written with the purpose of being a pocket book. In its foreword, Bell explains that she missed having a small but whole book to give to people who weren’t familiar with the feminist movement. She defines it as a: clear, concise and accessible book that explains what feminism is about, but also encourages people to adopt feminist politics. From my personal experience with it, I’d say it’s a must read to understand Intersections among the oppressions held and financed by the capitalism structure such as gender, race and class. It’s a liberator reading. In conclusion, Hooks was extremely successful on her mission to bring this debate into the non academic walls.

For additional information, visit Welcome | bell hooks Institute — bell hooks Institute and https://youtu.be/1ShWJf8BIqI

Rachel, 3B

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Rihanna is a black singer that fully supports the recognition of black people. She created a makeup brand (called Fenty Beauty by Rihanna) and her first preoccupation was that the foundation had a huge variety of shades. That was very important because people started to question more about how not having appropriated black foundation was a problem, how it was a demonstration of racism. Check her brand and other amazing works this woman has made!

Diana
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The book “The thing around your neck”, written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is made of many  texts. They are about immigration, racial discrimination, religious conflicts and the families relationships. The author wrote this book and other books trying to pass empathy to the public about this thematics.

Diana
Group 3b

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“Black Feminism Thought” by Patricia Hill Collins

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“Black Feminism Thought” by Patricia Hill Collins

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The book was written in 1990, but its theme remains very actual, even 30 years later. The author gives us the main ideas and topics spoken and studied by intellectuals and activists like Angela Davis, Bell Hooks, Alice Walker and Audre Lorde. It also contemplates theories like the Afrocentric philosophy, the feminist theory and the Marxist thought. The most important thing for me about this book is the simple and didactic dialogue that the author establishes so that the reader understands not only all the forms of oppression that black women are subjected to, but also how they developed the knowledge and strategies to face them. This movement was in 1990 and still is very excluding, and it’s caused by the lack of empathy and intersectionality from the feminists themselves. It’s very utopian to believe that feminism contemplates all the women in the same way and we all stand by each other and fight for the same reasons while black women are fighting to achieve rights that white women have already achieved many years ago.

Roberta Kunt (3A)

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This album was released by the rapper Kendrick Lamar in 2017 and became a milestone in his career and also for the actual hip-hop. Through its 14 songs “🤬.” exposes Kendrick’s point of view about being a black man in the United States nowadays. The anti-racist struggle and initiatives like the Black Lives Matter, the economic crisis and the growing conservative movement in the country motivated by the election of Donald Trump and his extremely problematic lines and attitudes are some of the themes that this album brings out. In the track “Yah.” he even samples a speech from one of Fox News’s top commentators, Geraldo Rivera, where he says that “hip-hop caused more damages for the black teenagers than the racism in the United States”. As a way of recognizing the excellent work done by the rapper, he received the Pulitzer Award, one of the most important awards for the journalism and arts in the world. I believe everyone should listen this songs, because they’re a great way to learn and reflect about all the unfair treatments, white privilege and police brutality. Although we’ll never understand how it feels, it’s past time for us the re-educate ourselves and become the best and most active allies we can be.

Roberta Kunt (3A)

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Ariel Barbeiro: From prison to entrepreneurship

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Ariel Barbeiro: From prison to entrepreneurship

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When he was 19, he was arrested for drug trafficking. In jail, he questioned whether that was what he wanted for his life. And it was in jail that Ariel discovered the barbershop as his professional vocation.

When he got out of prison, the entrepreneur borrowed a hair clipper from a friend and started working by cutting the children’s hair in his neighborhood free of charge. After a while, he started to win customers and specialize his cutting skills. "I didn't want to be an ordinary barber, I wanted to be a successful barber," Ariel Barbeiro used to say.

Ariel realized his clients needed a more resistant, but still sophisticated, hairstyle. For this reason, he developed the "armored cut", which was a hit on social medias and a success among his clients and followers.

Today he provides training courses and workshops in several countries. In his barber shop, he has an app for scheduling appointments and usually has a full schedule. The story of a former black convict who fought against his unfortunate conditions to become a successful entrepreneur is almost as impressive as his own invention. The hairstyle became his masterpiece.

Bruno 3B

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Luís Gama was an abolitionist, self-taught, lawyer and one of Brazil’s first black intellectual. Born free, he was sold as a slaver when he was just 10 by his white father and sent to São Paulo. Gama learned how to read and write before earning his freedom still during youth. The former slaver then found a way to attend to law school as a listener only. Even though he couldn’t get a degree, he was able to prove in the courts his own free-human-conditions. After that, Luís started to fight for many other slavers’ freedom and rights. He has legally freed in the courts over 500 black people who have been victims of the traffic. Although he died before the end of slavery, he left a bunch of juridical articles on the rights of the blacks as individuals as well as poems and quotes, which can be reach out in the book: “Com a palavra, Luís Gama”.

Bruno 3B

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This book, composed in twelve tales, was written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and it approaches topics like immigration, racial prejudice, religion conflicts and many others. This topics portrays a particular vision in some tales and a general vision in others. As a nigerian writer who moved to United States she compares this countries in some situations. This book is important because we can realize a cultural differences that sometimes are unnoticed  in day-to-day and the prejudice that's inserted in society.
Rafaela Bergman - 3B

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How to get away with murder it's a TV serie, first transmitted by ABC, about a black woman who exercises the profession of a lawyer and also teaches about it. Basically it shows her routine and her work with the students that she selects to participate on her live. It's so interesting that, despite the director isn't a black person, there are many actors that are extremely relevant in the trama, like Viola Davis, Alfie Enoch, Aja Naomi King, Rome Flynn, Billy Brown, Amirah Vann and many others. In addition, they have a more important position than white actors, because the history involves and depend of them. I think it's important to remember that lawyer is profession which have a regular pattern of profiles and a lot of prejudice with black people and even more with black woman. The serie shows another vision that's essential to get more visibility and inspiration for who want to be a lawyer.
Rafaela Bergman - 3B

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The movie is lead by Will Smith. I confesse that this film was one of the most sentimental that I have already seen. Tell a story about a single jobless father trying to give a good life for his child after his wife left him. Will Smith act with his son Jaden Smith in this wonderful movie that I will remember for the rest of my life.
Laura Carvalho - 3A

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Death at the funeral is a comedy music direct by Neil LaBute. Chris Rock is the main character, Areon. He faces a really weird situation at his father’s funeral when a strange man shows up. The whole film is told in which different visions for different parts of the family. Which one have their situations in the middle of the funeral and everything complete each other in the end. It is a really good and funny movie for family’s moments.
Laura Carvalho 3A

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The documentary “13th” directed by Ava DuVernay begins talking about the end of slavery and how white people in power did everything possible to always put black people in terrible conditions, such as connecting their image to crime, danger, perversion and violence, which is the main reason why some people still spread hate and try to justify their racism nowadays. The theme “justice” is explored a lot, especially the lack of it towards black people throughout history. It also generates a debate about incarceration and the inhuman circumstances that prisoners are put through, which shows how flawed the system is. This documentary is very informative and I recommend it a lot to people that are actually concern about studying and understanding history and topics related to the movement Black Lives Matter.

The second picture is the director of the documentary, Ava DuVernay

Isadora Milani (07) - 3A

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The book “Quarto de Despejo: diário de uma favelada” was written as a diary by Carolina Maria de Jesus and it was published in 1960. This book shows Carolina’s day to day which includes her children, being a “paper picker” and also her struggles with trying to provide for her family, racism, hunger, violence and poverty. I remember that when I read this narrative it really touched me because it was very real and she expresses herself amazingly, showing her pain and her constant battles. Besides being a great book, it is necessary that people read it because it makes us really question our privileges and their impact in our lives.

Isadora Milani (07) - 3A

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bell hooks

Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by the pseudonym bell hooks, is an American author, teacher, theorist, feminist, artist and activist.
The name "bell hooks" was inspired by his maternal great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks. The small letter is intended to focus on the content of your writing and not on your person. Their goal, however, is not to be stuck with a particular identity but to be in permanent motion. Hooks published more than thirty books and numerous academic articles, appeared in several films and documentaries, and participated in several public lectures. His work focuses mainly on the intersectionality of race, capitalism and gender, and what hooks describes as their ability to produce and perpetuate systems of oppression and class domination. Hooks has a post-modern perspective and is influenced by Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy.

Thamara Alves - 3A

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The life and history of Madam C.J Walker

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The life and history of Madam C.J Walker

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Based on a true story, this TV serie tells the history of an African washerwoman who become a big American entrepreneur. Madam C.J Walker was a political and social activist. Besides that, she is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America.

Gabriela Fröhlich 3A

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Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker | Official Trailer | Netflix

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This film is perfect for this moment that we are living. Starr Carter, an African-American teenager, faces pressure from various communities after she witnesses the shooting of his best friend by the police. The film provides a great reflection, everyone should watch.

Gabriela Fröhlich 3A

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The Hate U Give | Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX

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Racionais MC’s

Racionais MC's is a Brazilian rap group, founded in 1989, formed by Mano Brown, Edi Rock and Ice Blue and DJ KL Jay. It is the largest rap group in Brazil and is among the most influential bands in the country. His songs demonstrate the concern to denounce the destruction of the lives of young black and poor people from the Brazilian peripheries and the result of racism and prejudice, in sustaining the misery directly linked to violence and crime. Themes such as police brutality, organized crime and the state, as well as prejudice, drugs and social exclusion are recurrent in the lyrics of the set.

Thamara Alves - 3A

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Racionais - Sobrevivendo no Inferno (Álbum Completo)

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Quarto álbum do Racionais MC's (1997) Mano Brown, Edi Rock, Ice Blue e KL Jay

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Estrelas Além do Tempo - Theodore Melfi

1961. In the middle of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union are fighting for supremacy in the space race at the same time that American society is dealing with a profound racial split, between whites and blacks. This situation is also reflected in NASA, where a group of black employees is forced to work separately. That's where Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) are, great friends who, in addition to proving their competence day after day, need to deal with the deep-seated prejudice in order to rise in the NASA hierarchy.

Thamara Alves - 3A

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Estrelas Além do Tempo | Trailer Internacional Oficial | Legendado HD

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Tangerine is a feature film directed by Sean Baker which was fully recorded with an iPhone 5s and budget under $100k. Even though the director is white, Baker tends to represent the rawness of real life and did it beautifully while accompanying a day in the life of Sin-Dee Rella and Alexandra, two trans black women struggling with prostitution and drug use. It is funny, clever and extremely touching and everyone should watch it.

Helena Pavan 3B

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“Black Panthers” is a medium-length documentary by Agnès Varda, my favourite filmmaker of all time. She is french and arrived in the US (Oakland, California) at the peak of the Black Panthers movement, when its cofounder Huey P. Newton was imprisoned and awaiting for justice. Even though it was released in 1970, the film is still scarily relevant and a strong political statement, featuring interviews with great names in the movement - such as Kathleen Cleaver -, or even unknown activists with a lot to say.

Helena Pavan 3B

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Jordan is an American actor, director and producer. He was known for his horror and comedy movies.
The movie “get out” which was written and directed by him, earned a Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2018, making him the first black man to receive the award in this category.
Jordan is important because he is a black director and producer representation.

Luisa Silveira 3B

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Cidade de Deus - Fernando Meirelles

Buscapé (Alexandre Rodrigues) is a poor, black and very sensitive young man, who grows up in a universe of great violence. Buscapé lives in the City of God favela known as one of the most violent places in the city. Afraid of the possibility of becoming a bandit, Buscapé ends up being saved from his destiny because of his talent as a photographer, which allows him to pursue a career in the profession. It is through his look behind the camera that Buscapé analyzes the day-to-day life of the favela where he lives, where the violence appears to be infinite.

Thamara Alves - 3A

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This book is written by Djamila Ribeiro, she tells stories that she experienced being a black woman in society.
This book is important becaused addresses topics such as religious intolerance, intersectionality, racial quotas and etc.

Luisa Silveira 3B

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This is a storybook, about black lives in Brazil. This is a beautiful and sad book.
Gabriela D 2A